History Music / TheWineryDogs

'''The Winery Dogs''' are an American HardRock trio formed by ex-Music/DreamTheater drummer Mike Portnoy to "keep the ClassicRock fire alive".

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* AudienceParticipationSong: ''[[Music/{{Poison}} Stand]]'', formerly a massive production number featuring a gospel choir, appears in their live set filed down to [[UnpluggedVersion Kotzen on solo acoustic guitar]] and the crowd on backing vocals.
* CallBack: The live set usually features songs from Sheehan and Kotzen's past bands, with Talas' ''Shy Boy'' and Music/{{Poison}}'s ''Stand'' being the most common. Kotzen-penned ''[[Anime/{{Hellsing}} Shine]]'' (from their shared time in Mr. Big) sometimes turns up.
* CoverVersion: Per WordOfGod, having only one album forced the band to learn some covers to fill out their concert set. ''Fooled Around And Fell In Love'' and ''Love Is Alive'' show up most often.

* PerformanceVideo: Four videos, all four showing the band playing without a real narrative. ''Time Machine'' changes it up a bit with footage of the band playing the song at a show in Japan, [[NoExportForYou ironically enough]].

* {{Supergroup}}: All three are renowned instrumentalists with fan followings long predating the band's formation - Portnoy as [[TheFaceOfTheBand the most famous member of]] Music/DreamTheater, Sheehan for his work with Music/DavidLeeRoth and [[TheNineties 90's]] HairMetal shredders Music/MrBig, and Kotzen for a series of solo efforts and a brief tenure with Music/{{Poison}}.

* LeadBassist: Sheehan, types A and C.

* NoExportForYou: Japanese copies of the debut album feature a song unavailable stateside (''Criminal''); likewise, ''Time Machine'' does not appear on Japanese copies.
* PepTalkSong: ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's Not Hopeless]]''

* RockTrio: In homage to Music/{{Cream}} and The Music/JimiHendrix Experience, among others.

'''The Winery Dogs''' are an American HardRock trio formed by ex-Music/DreamTheater drummer Mike Portnoy to "keep the classic rock fire alive".

* RockTrio: In homage to Music/{{Cream}} and Music/TheJimiHendrixExperience, among others.

* {{Supergroup}}: All three are renowned instrumentalists with fan followings long predating the band's formation - Portnoy as [[TheFaceOfTheBand the most famous member of]] Music/DreamTheater, Sheehan for his work with DavidLeeRoth and [[TheNineties 90's]] HairMetal shredders Mr. Big, and Kotzen for a series of solo efforts and a brief tenure with Music/{{Poison}}.

* CoverVersion: ''Fooled Around And Fell in Love''

'''The Winery Dogs''' are an American HardRock trio formed in 2011.

* Richie Kotzen (lead guitar, lead vocals, keyboards)
* Mike Portnoy (drums, backing vocals)
* Billy Sheehan (bass guitar, backing vocals)

* ''[[LiveAlbum Unleashed In Japan]]'' (forthcoming, 2014)

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder
** Mike Portnoy was already famous for this during his Music/DreamTheater tenure; he's since made a brief appearance in Music/AvengedSevenfold, completed a fourth Transatlantic album, guested on Bigelf's most recent album, [[TemporarySubstitute filled in on Stone Sour's Brazilian tour]], and formed Flying Colors and Adrenaline Mob. So far, it seems both the Winery Dogs and Flying Colors are headed for a second album, which for Portnoy probably counts as a boring year.
** Billy Sheehan is not quite Portnoy's match, but between solo work, session play, jazz-fusion project Niacin, and the occasional Talas and Mr. Big reunions it's a wonder he has any free time at all.
** Fittingly, Portnoy and Sheehan are also half of a ProgressiveMetal supergroup (along with keyboardist Derek Sherinan and guitarist Tony [=MacAlpine=]) whose reunion briefly interrupted the tour.

** Mike Portnoy was already famous for this during his DreamTheater tenure; he's since made a brief appearance in Music/AvengedSevenfold, completed a fourth Transatlantic album, guested on Bigelf's most recent album, [[TemporarySubstitute filled in on Stone Sour's Brazilian tour]], and formed Flying Colors and Adrenaline Mob. So far, it seems both the Winery Dogs and Flying Colors are headed for a second album, which for Portnoy probably counts as a boring year.

* {{Supergroup}}: All three are renowned instrumentalists with fan followings long predating the band's formation - Portnoy as [[TheFaceOfTheBand the most famous member of]] DreamTheater, Sheehan for his work with DavidLeeRoth and [[TheNineties 90's]] HairMetal shredders Mr. Big, and Kotzen for a series of solo efforts and a brief tenure with Music/{{Poison}}.

** Mike Portnoy was already famous for this during his DreamTheater tenure; he's since made a brief appearance in AvengedSevenfold, completed a fourth Transatlantic album, guested on Bigelf's most recent album, [[TemporarySubstitute filled in on Stone Sour's Brazilian tour]], and formed Flying Colors and Adrenaline Mob. So far, it seems both the Winery Dogs and Flying Colors are headed for a second album, which for Portnoy probably counts as a boring year.

'''The Winery Dogs''' are an American HardRock trio.

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: Portnoy is well-documented case, even providing the page quote - check the DreamTheater page for a full rundown - but Sheehan is easily a match. Between solo work, session play, jazz-fusion project Niacin, and the occasional Talas and Mr. Big reunions it's a wonder he has time for a world tour. Fittingly, Portnoy and Sheehan are also half of a ProgressiveMetal supergroup (along with keyboardist Derek Sherinan and guitarist Tony [=MacAlpine=]) whose reunion briefly interrupted the tour.

* PowerTrio

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: Portnoy's is well-documented (check the DreamTheater page for a full rundown), but Sheehan is easily a match - between solo work, session play, jazz-fusion project Niacin, and the occasional Talas and Mr. Big reunions it's a wonder he has time for a world tour. Then they do it together and the rhythm section leaves to join Derek Sherinan and Tony {{MacAlpine}} to reform their ProgressiveMetal supergroup...

* CallBack: The live set usually features songs from Sheehan and Kotzen's past bands.
* MeaningfulName: WordOfGod is that the band's name reflects their desire to be seen as guardians of a sort of instrumental virtuosity.
* NoExportForYou: Japanese copies of their album feature a song unavailable stateside (''Criminal''); likewise, ''Time Machine'' does not appear on Japanese copies.
* PepTalkSong: ''It's Not Hopeless''
* PerformanceVideo: All of them so far

* {{Supergroup}}
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The chorus of ''Desire'' sounds rather like Gavin DeGraw's ''Sweeter'', doesn't it?

* [[SelfTitledAlbum ''The Winery Dogs'']] (2013)
* [[LiveAlbum ''Unleashed In Japan'']] (forthcoming, 2014)

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: Portnoy's is well-documented (check the DreamTheater page for a full rundown), but Sheehan is easily a match - between solo work, session play, jazz-fusion project Niacin, and the occasional Talas and Mr. Big reunions it's a wonder he has time for a world tour. Then they do it together and the rhythm section leaves to join Derek Sherinan and Tony MacAlpine to reform their ProgressiveMetal supergroup...
* AudienceParticipationSong: [[Music/{{Poison}} ''Stand'']], formerly a massive production number featuring a gospel choir, appears in their live set filed down to [[UnpluggedVersion Kotzen on solo acoustic guitar]] and the crowd on backing vocals.

* PepTalkSong: "It's Not Hopeless"

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The chorus of "Desire" sounds rather like Gavin DeGraw's ''Sweeter'', doesn't it?

* AudienceParticipationSong: [[Music/{{Poison}} Stand]], a massive production number featuring a gospel choir, filed down to [[UnpluggedVersion Kotzen on solo acoustic guitar]] and the crowd on backing vocals.

* NoExportForYou: Japanese copies of their album feature a song unavailable stateside ("Criminal"); likewise, "Time Machine" does not appear on Japanese copies.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The chorus of "Desire" sounds rather like [[Music/GavinDeGraw "Sweeter"]], doesn't it?